Curious to see how Kazmir does with a patient lineup like Oakland's. Amazing stat for OAK, they lead everybody in walks against LHP by 14 (2.3% more than 2nd-ranked COL), despite being 6th in plate appearances v. LHP.

Oh, and the Indians lead all of MLB in position player WAR at 7.7. Last season's band of misfits combined for 10.5 WAR for the season.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

I'm trying to remain patient with Chisenhall, but it's hard. That was a really horrible at bat and he's had a lot of them this season. He's gotta play through this stuff to keep developing, but, even when he's going good, he looks like a platoon player.

In other news, good piece of hitting from Gomes.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

ASPDawgpound12 wrote:Great game to listen to staring out the window at work wishing I was down there....

Love to see them pour it on after last night's game

Is there a free way to listen (as I pretend to listen to this webinar)? I'm not used to this not being there/watching on TV thing.

Not that I know of... I shelled out the $$ for the at bat app for my phone, so I could listed during work and when not around a tv...

The $3 month for the mlb at bat app on the iPhone is a huge bargain. I can fall asleep to west coast baseball every night.

Thanks guys, I'll have to look into that. I have the free app which I use daily, but never really looked into what the premium app included because I'm very rarely stuck behind a desk on a perfectly beautiful day while a game is going on.

Woke up with a smile on my face (getting a nooner with Hammy does that to an old girl ) wondering if Tito could pull the same kind of first-year-as-manager trick he did with the Red Sux. I know this Tribe lineup is not like the 2004 Sox team, but...

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

RickNashEquilibrium wrote:Just got a text from my brother. He went with a friend and friend's 1 year old daughter for her first game. Daddy caught Nick Swisher's Home Run! Awesome to go along with the sweep!

Saw that pic RT'd by the Indians Twitter feed. Pretty cool.

More importantly, his daughter is 1-0.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

Kazmir with 10 K's and 0 walks in six innings. Wow. And that's against the team that leads the AL in scoring and stacked the deck with right-handed hitters. He whiffed Cespedes three times in three at-bats.

Good starting pitchers cost so much money that the Indians can't afford to pay for five of them. So they need to find them under rocks like they did with Kazmir, or trade for them when they're still in A or AA like McAllister. Or when they're still a fringe major leaguer like Masterson. You have to love how they built this staff, and now they have Bauer and Carrasco on the launching pad.

Kipnis still isn't getting a lot of hits but he's hitting the big flies. He's developing a nice power stroke to the opposite field. In fact, the Tribe's first four hits off Colon were to the opposite field. Reynolds went the other way on both his double and his HR. If you can wait longer on the pitch and go the other way and still hit with power, you're a formidable hitter.

Chiz is still struggling with pitch selection. Hope he gets it together soon.

Tigers just lost to the Nats so, we actually head into the DET series just a game out of the division lead..... not that standings mean anything at this time of year but, who would've thought we would be saying that two weeks ago?!

Beat me to it daz! I was listening to the Detroit feed and had the same thought when the game ended I now have the Twins feed for tonight's game at Fenway and am choking down the sick feeling in my gut while I'm cheering on the Red Sux. Can't stand the Sux...unless they're playing one of the competition in the Central.

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"